Tara Tarakiyee
I’m Tara Tarakiyee, a public interest technologist and a supporter of human rights, free and open internet, and open source software. I strive in my work to not only help protect those that need it the most from technological harms of pervasive surveillence and censorship, but as well to unlock the transformational potential of information technology as an enabler of human rights and as a tool to liberate societies from systemic oppression.
Sovereign Tech Fund
Session
Open software thrives through open tools and collaboration. Hardware remains trapped behind prohibitively expensive tool licenses and limited foundry access. Why? This talk explores the structural barriers preventing hardware from following software's path, and why solving them requires entirely new institutional forms, not just better policies.